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No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide

Alabama 21, No. 5 LSU 17

BATON ROUGE, La. – Just when it looked like the rest of the nation could breathe, Alabama did what Alabama does.

And that means the SEC still is the team to beat in the BCS National Championship race.

They tried to cannibalize each other on this cool night on the Bayou, but the Tide wouldn’t let it happen. The SEC still is king, and the rest of the nation still is playing catch up.

All it took was a 28-yard touchdown pass from AJ McCarron to T.J Yeldon with 51 seconds to play for a 21-17 victory over LSU. Until then, LSU had given the rest of the nation reason to believe the SEC’s streak of six straight national championships was over.

The late drive, which began with 1:34 remaining and 72 yards to go, sucked away the very life LSU had given the rest of the nation with a stunning second half comeback. Now Alabama only needs to win out a manageable schedule, win the SEC Championship Game against Georgia and defend its national championship in South Florida.

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No. 2 Oregon Ducks

Kenjon Barner rushed for a school-record 321 yards and five touchdowns, Marcus Mariota threw four TD passes, and No. 2 Oregon produced another landmark offensive performance in a 62-51 victory over No. 18 Southern California on Saturday night.

Josh Huff caught two touchdowns, and De'Anthony Thomas and Daryl Hawkins also caught scoring passes for the Ducks (9-0, 6-0 Pac-12), who outlasted USC in a back-and-forth second half to extend their winning streak to 12 games since the Trojans (6-3, 4-3) won in Eugene last season.

Oregon's 730 yards and 62 points were the most ever allowed by USC, which began playing football in 1888.

Barner set a rushing record for a USC opponent by the third quarter, topping Curtis Enis' 241 yards for Penn State in 1996, and smashed the school record shortly afterward as the Ducks gradually pulled away in their closest game of the year.

Matt Barkley passed for 484 yards and four touchdowns while hitting Marqise Lee with 12 passes for 157 yards and two touchdowns for the Trojans, who have lost two straight after a 6-1 start.
Mariota also carved up the Trojans for 304 yards passing, going 20 for 23 without an interception and rushing for another 96 yards.

Oregon, which is likely to move up in the BCS standings after this win and Notre Dame's narrow victory, had won every game this season by at least 17 points. USC's offense did its part, scoring more points and gaining more yards (615) than Oregon had allowed all year.

Kansas State coach Bill Snyder declined to discuss the nature or severity of the injury afterward, and said he wasn't sure whether Klein would be available for next Saturday's game at TCU.

It wasn't clear when he got hurt, but Daniel Sams played the rest of the way.

Trainers looked at his arm or wrist on the sideline. Afterward, Klein stayed on the sidelines with his teammates, smiling, cheering and remaining fully engaged in this fantastical ride for Kansas State.

Klein left the game with 244 passing yards and 65 on the ground, including one rushing touchdown that made it 38-17 in the third quarter. Oklahoma State got a 43-yard field goal from Quinn Sharp to close it to 38-20, but the Cowboys could never muster a serious threat to Kansas State.

Oklahoma State posted 507 yards of total offense to Kansas State’s 481. Quarterbacks Wes Lunt and Clint Chelf both played for the Cowboys. Lunt had 186 passing yards, but three interceptions. Chelf threw for 232 yards, one TD and one pick.

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No. 4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Notre Dame 29, Pittsburgh 26 3OT

Notre Dame, down 14 at the end of the third quarter against Pittsburgh, fought back to save the game, save the season and save the hopes of those longing to see the Irish back in it what was once its rightful place on the national football landscape.

The Irish defeated Pitt, 29-26, in triple overtime.

Not only is a BCS bowl berth in the Irish’s grasp, a spot in the national championship game is still in play. The Irish are at Boston College next week, home against Wake Forest and then on the road against rival USC.

Before the Irish could look at those prospects, they first had to deal with a Pittsburgh team entering the game with a 4-4 record. The Panthers’ leading running back, Ray Graham, and leading receiver, Devin Street, were charged with simple assault this week. Yet, they were not suspended.

That meant Notre Dame would get the best Pitt had to offer—and it was plenty.

Notre Dame didn’t put the game away until the extra period.

After safety Elijah Shumate drilled Pitt quarterback Tino Sunseri on third down, Pitt had to settle for a 41-yard field goal from Kevin Harper.

Notre Dame responded with a 37-yard field goal by Kyle Brindza to tie it, 23-23.

Irish running back Cierre Wood was an inch away from crossing the plane on their next possession, but fumbled in the end zone. Harper’ 33-yard game-winning field goal for Pitt narrowly missed, sending the game into overtime No. 3.

Harper’s 41-yard field goal made it 26-23, Pitt.

Notre Dame, with Everett Golson leading the way, drove the ball on the Panthers. Golson got the ball to within an inch then finished it on the next play, forcing his way behind the line into the end zone.

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No. 5 LSU Tigers

BATON ROUGE, La. – Just when it looked like the rest of the nation could breathe, Alabama did what Alabama does.

And that means the SEC still is the team to beat in the BCS National Championship race.

They tried to cannibalize each other on this cool night on the Bayou, but the Tide wouldn’t let it happen. The SEC still is king, and the rest of the nation still is playing catch up.

All it took was a 28-yard touchdown pass from AJ McCarron to T.J Yeldon with 51 seconds to play for a 21-17 victory over LSU. Until then, LSU had given the rest of the nation reason to believe the SEC’s streak of six straight national championships was over.

The late drive, which began with 1:34 remaining and 72 yards to go, sucked away the very life LSU had given the rest of the nation with a stunning second half comeback. Now Alabama only needs to win out a manageable schedule, win the SEC Championship Game against Georgia and defend its national championship in South Florida.

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No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes

Ohio State 52, Illinois 22

Carlos Hyde rushed for 137 yards and three touchdowns and Braxton Miller passed for two scores and ran for another to lead No. 6 Ohio State past Illinois 52-22 on Saturday.

The Buckeyes (10-0, 6-0 Big Ten) maintained the upper hand in the Leaders Division heading into a bye week. They have games remaining at Wisconsin on Nov. 17 and against rival Michigan at home a week later.

Miller, considered a Heisman Trophy hopeful, had 18 carries for 73 yards, and completed 12 of 20 passes for 226 yards.

It was the sixth consecutive loss for the Illini (2-7, 0-5) and their 11th consecutive Big Ten loss.

--The Associated Press

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No. 7 Georgia Bulldogs

Georgia 37, Ole Miss 10

The Georgia Bulldogs are just one win from making a return trip to Atlanta for the SEC championship game.

Aaron Murray passed for 384 yards and four touchdowns, and the Bulldogs overcame an early 10-0 deficit to put away Ole Miss. Three of Murray's scoring strikes were at least 40 yards in length, with the Georgia QB finding Marlon Brown for a 66-yard TD, Tavarres King for a 40-yard score, and Malcolm Mitchell for a 42-yard touchdown. His final one went for Rantavious Wooten from 23 yards out.

Those three straight scores put Georgia up 21-10, and Alexander Ogletree's 8-yard TD run early in the third quarter extended the lead to 18.

Georgia's final test is a game at underachieving Auburn, which has yet to win an SEC game this season. The Bulldogs most likely then will await the winner of tonight's Alabama-LSU game on Dec. 1 in Atlanta.

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No. 8 Florida Gators

Florida 14, Missouri 7

Mike Gillislee took a screen pass and went 45 yards for a touchdown, and Florida survived a scare to beat Southeastern Conference newcomer Missouri.

The Gators rebounded from a turnover-filled loss to rival Georgia and kept alive hopes of winning the SEC's Eastern Division. They need the Bulldogs to lose one of their remaining games, against Mississippi on Saturday or Auburn next week, to clinch a spot in the league title game.

At times, Florida looked less than interested in staying in the SEC hunt. The Gators (8-1, 7-1) were shut out in the first half, managing just 111 yards and failing to contain Missouri quarterback James Franklin.

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No. 9 Florida State Seminoles

No. 10 Clemson Tigers

Clemson 56, Duke 20

Tajh Boyd threw for 344 yards and tied a school record with five touchdown passes for the second straight week to help No. 10 Clemson beat Duke 56-20 on Saturday night.

DeAndre Hopkins caught three of those TD tosses in the opening quarter for the Tigers (8-1, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who scored 42 points by halftime and rolled to their fifth straight win — all by at least 14 points. Sammy Watkins and Martavis Bryant also had first-half touchdown catches, helping Clemson rack up nearly 500 yards by halftime and 718 for the game.

The win moved Clemson into a tie with No. 9 Florida State atop the ACC's Atlantic Division, though the Seminoles beat the Tigers in September for the head-to-head tiebreaker in the division race to reach the ACC championship game.

No. 11 South Carolina Gamecocks

No. 12 Louisville Cardinals

With three Big East games remaining on its schedule, Louisville has its sights set on a perfect record and a BCS bowl berth.

It’s all within reach for the 12th-ranked Cardinals, who are 9-0 for the first time in school history after a 45-17 victory Saturday over Temple.

Still left for Louisville are games at Syracuse, home against Connecticut and on the road Nov. 29 against a one-loss Rutgers team that is yearning for its own BCS ticket.

First things first, though, for Louisville. That means another stellar performance from quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. The sophomore completed 19 of 28 passes for 324 yards and a career-high five touchdown strikes.

After Temple got on the scoreboard first with a 93-yard kickoff return by Matt Brown, Louisville responded with a touchdown pass from Bridgewater to Eli Rogers. Montel Harris, the Boston College transfer, scored on a 5-yard run for the Owls. It would be the final TD for Temple, which managed only a 34-yard field goal in the second quarter the rest of the way.

The Cardinals went on a 28-point run, including TD passes twice to Andrell Smith and once to DeVante Parker to end the third quarter. Bridgewater gave way to backup Will Stein late in the game.

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No. 13 Oregon State Beavers

Cody Vaz recovered from a shaky start to throw for 267 yards and three touchdowns and lead No. 13 Oregon State to a 36-26 victory over Arizona State on Saturday night.

Terron Ward rushed for 146 yards and a touchdown for the Beavers (7-1, 5-1), taking on extra work when starting running back Storm Woods left early in the game with a sore left knee.

Arizona State (5-4, 3-3) scored on the return after Vaz fumbled on Oregon State's opening drive, but the Beavers pulled away after a 19-all tie at the half to keep the Sun Devils from bowl eligibility.

A fan in the crowd held a sign reading "We're All BelieVaz" for the junior quarterback who was awarded the start after Sean Mannion struggled the week before with four interceptions in a loss to Washington.

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No. 14 Oklahoma Sooners

Oklahoma rebounded from its second home loss of the season last week and defeated Iowa State, 35-20 in Ames, Iowa.

The Sooners are 6-2 now after losses to Kansas State and Notre Dame at home.

OU quarterback Landry Jones completed 32 of 45 passes for 4-5 yards and four touchdowns, along with two interceptions. Brennan Clay rushed for 157 yards and a TD.

Oklahoma scored first on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Jones to Sterling Shepard. The Cyclones answered with back-to-back Edwin Arceo field goals. Then, Jones connected with Kenny Stills on a 21-yard score to make it 14-6.

ISU kept the game close after Jarvis West’s 19-yard touchdown made it 21-13, but OU scored on TDs from Clay and Stills to pull away.

The Sooners still have plenty of work remaining in the Big 12. First up will be redeeming last year’s loss to Baylor. Then, Oklahoma has to go on the road to West Virginia, face archrival Oklahoma State and head to Fort Worth, Texas to play TCU. While Oklahoma might be favored entering each, they all pose dangers for a team trying to stay in contention for a Big 12 title.

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No. 15 Stanford Cardinal

Stanford 48, Colorado 0

Kevin Hogan ignited No. 15 Stanford's sputtering offense and led the Cardinal to a 48-0 rout of Colorado, the Buffaloes' first shutout at home in 26 years.

Hogan picked apart the nation's worst defense, throwing for 184 yards and running for 48 more in just two quarters of work, and the Buffaloes were powerless to respond, gaining 76 yards of offense behind a trio of overwhelmed quarterbacks.

The Cardinal (7-2, 5-1 Pac-12) handed the Buffs (1-8, 1-5) their first shutout at Folsom Field since a 28-0 loss to Oklahoma on Nov. 15, 1986, snapping a streak of 150 straight games in which the Buffs had scored at home.

Hogan replaced senior Josh Nunes, who has found it difficult to follow in the gargantuan footsteps of Andrew Luck, the top pick in last spring's NFL draft. After Stanford's first two drives ended in punts, Hogan came in and led the Cardinal on six straight scoring drives before punter Daniel Zychlinski was needed again.

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No. 16 Texas A&M Aggies

Johnny Manziel threw for 311 yards and ran for 129 yards and two touchdowns, leading Texas A&M to a victory.

Manziel, a redshirt freshman, completed 30 of 36 passes. He ran for a 37-yard touchdown in the second quarter that helped the Aggies build a 31-0 lead by early in the second half.

The Southeastern Conference's leading rusher added an 8-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

Texas A&M (7-2, 4-2 SEC) has won all five of its road games this season. Christine Michael ran for 50 yards and two touchdowns. Ryan Swope caught nine passes for 121 yards, and Mike Evans caught nine for 97 yards.

— The Associated Press

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No. 17 Mississippi State Bulldogs

No. 16 Texas A&M 38, No. 17 Mississippi State 13Tyler Russell completed 19 of 30 passes for 212 yards, with one touchdown and one interception for Mississippi State (7-2, 3-2), which has lost two in a row.

Mississippi State's defense had been one of the best in the SEC this season — especially in the secondary — but was blitzed early and often by the Aggies' unpredictable offense.

Johnny Manziel completed mostly short passes in the first half, but hit on a few long ones. When the Bulldogs dropped too far back into pass coverage, the speedy freshman gained yards with his feet — like his long scamper that pushed the Aggies' lead to 21-0 in the second quarter.

By halftime, Manziel had completed 18 of 22 passes for 164 yards, and the Aggies had a 24-0 lead.

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No. 18 USC Trojans

Kenjon Barner rushed for a school-record 321 yards and five touchdowns, Marcus Mariota threw four TD passes, and No. 2 Oregon produced another landmark offensive performance in a 62-51 victory over No. 18 Southern California on Saturday night.

Josh Huff caught two touchdowns, and De'Anthony Thomas and Daryl Hawkins also caught scoring passes for the Ducks (9-0, 6-0 Pac-12), who outlasted USC in a back-and-forth second half to extend their winning streak to 12 games since the Trojans (6-3, 4-3) won in Eugene last season.

Oregon's 730 yards and 62 points were the most ever allowed by USC, which began playing football in 1888.

Barner set a rushing record for a USC opponent by the third quarter, topping Curtis Enis' 241 yards for Penn State in 1996, and smashed the school record shortly afterward as the Ducks gradually pulled away in their closest game of the year.

Matt Barkley passed for 484 yards and four touchdowns while hitting Marqise Lee with 12 passes for 157 yards and two touchdowns for the Trojans, who have lost two straight after a 6-1 start.
Mariota also carved up the Trojans for 304 yards passing, going 20 for 23 without an interception and rushing for another 96 yards.

Oregon, which is likely to move up in the BCS standings after this win and Notre Dame's narrow victory, had won every game this season by at least 17 points. USC's offense did its part, scoring more points and gaining more yards (615) than Oregon had allowed all year.

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No. 19 Boise State Broncos

Adam Muema rushed for 127 yards and a touchdown and San Diego State's special teams had a hand in two other scores in a 21-19 upset at No. 19 Boise State Saturday night.

The Aztecs returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, and then in the second half Dwayne Garrett blocked a punt that set up the offense at the Boise State 8. Two plays later, Muema scored on a 3-yard run to put the Aztecs up 14-13.

The win is the fifth straight for the surging Aztecs (7-3, 5-1 Mountain West) and moved them into a tie for first in the Mountain West Conference. It was also San Diego State's first victory over a ranked foe since 1996.

The Broncos (7-2, 4-1) suffered a rare loss at home for the second straight year. Last season, TCU came in and won at Bronco Stadium, spoiling Boise State's hopes for a conference championship and playing in a BCS bowl.

The Broncos were led by D.J. Harper, who scored twice and rushed for 81 yards.

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No. 22 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

Louisiana Tech 51, Texas-San Antonio 27

Kenneth Dixon scored three touchdowns and No. 22 Louisiana Tech pulled away from Texas-San Antonio in the fourth quarter in a 51-27 victory on Saturday.

The Bulldogs (8-1, 3-0 WAC) converted a fake field goal into a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter to put away the visitors. Tech won a record ninth consecutive WAC game on homecoming, and the Bulldogs appear headed for a school record third consecutive week ranked in the Top 25.

UTSA (5-4, 1-3 WAC) dropped its fourth consecutive game after opening the season with five straight victories. Playing with just six seniors, it was the Roadrunners first game against a nationally ranked FCS foe.

The game featured 13 personal foul penalties between the two clubs, including two on Tech coach Sonny Dykes in the third quarter after he argued the ejection of offensive lineman Oscar Johnson.

Officials whistled 28 infractions for 288 yards between the two clubs.

--The Associated Press

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No. 23 West Virginia Mountaineers

TCU 39, No. 23 West Virginia 38, 2OT

TCU’s bold decision to go for the two-point conversation in the second overtime paid off.

After wide receiver Brandon Carter connected on a 25-yard touchdown pass to Corey Fuller to pull TCU to within a point at 38-37, the Horned Frogs then went for the win with quarterback Trevone Boykin connecting with Josh Boyce for the two-point conversion and the win.

West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith connected on a 25-yard touchdown pass to Stedman Bailey on the first play and the extra point was made to give the Mountaineers a 38-31 lead at the time.

West Virginia and TCU both missed field goals in the first overtime frame. TCU’s Jaden Oberkrom missed a 37-yard field goal, while West Virginia’s Tyler Bitancurt had a 36-yard field goal attempt blocked.

Tavon Austin’s 76 yard punt return for a touchdown with 3:19 left to play had snapped a 24-24 tie and West Virginia looked like it was on its way to a victory.

However, Boykin answered with a big play of his own, connecting with Josh Boyce on a 94-yard touchdown pass with 1:44 to go to tie the game at 31.

Bitancurt missed a 55-yard field goal toward the end of regulation that would have won the game for the Mountaineers.

Smith had a pedestrian game for West Virginia, throwing for 254 yards and three touchdowns with an interception, while only rushing for 27 yards.

Boyce was the hero for TCU, with six receptions for 181 yards, two touchdowns and the game-winning two-point conversion catch.

The loss extends the Mountaineers’ losing streak to three games, with a date in Stillwater, Oklahoma to take on Oklahoma State next week. TCU hosts undefeated No. 3 Kansas State next week.

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No. 24 Arizona Wildcats

No. 25 UCLA 66, Arizona 10

Johnathan Franklin had 162 yards in becoming No. 25 UCLA's career rushing leader, redshirt freshman Brett Hundley passed for 288 yards and three touchdowns, and the Bruins overwhelmed No. 24 Arizona 66-10 Saturday night to move into first place in the Pac-12 South.

Franklin moved into the top spot with a 37-yard touchdown run on his third carry, capping a 75-yard, nine-play drive following the opening kickoff that put the Bruins (7-2, 4-2 Pac-12) ahead for good.

Franklin, who carried 24 times and scored twice, raised his career rushing total to 3,873 yards as the Bruins, off to their best start since 2005 under first-year coach Jim Mora, raced to a 42-3 halftime lead in snapping a five-game losing streak to the Wildcats (5-4, 2-4), who beat them 48-12 in Tucson last year.

--The Associated Press

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No. 25 UCLA Bruins

UCLA 66, No. 24 Arizona 10

Johnathan Franklin had 162 yards in becoming No. 25 UCLA's career rushing leader, redshirt freshman Brett Hundley passed for 288 yards and three touchdowns, and the Bruins overwhelmed No. 24 Arizona 66-10 Saturday night to move into first place in the Pac-12 South.

Franklin moved into the top spot with a 37-yard touchdown run on his third carry, capping a 75-yard, nine-play drive following the opening kickoff that put the Bruins (7-2, 4-2 Pac-12) ahead for good.

Franklin, who carried 24 times and scored twice, raised his career rushing total to 3,873 yards as the Bruins, off to their best start since 2005 under first-year coach Jim Mora, raced to a 42-3 halftime lead in snapping a five-game losing streak to the Wildcats (5-4, 2-4), who beat them 48-12 in Tucson last year.